Obsolete chips
Doc Shipley
doc at mdrconsult.com
Mon Mar 3 11:17:25 CST 2008
Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Doc Shipley wrote:
>
>> At the risk of sounding like a broken record, MC Howard in Austin,
>> Texas has been my source for everything from 74-series chips to 64-pin
>> wirewrap sockets to RAM for my HP-9000. I basically populated my
>> SBC6120 off their shelves, and the homebrew 6809 project I'm working
>> on was provisioned there too.
>>
>> The prices on their website are insane, but I've never heard of them
>> actually charging what's listed.
>
> Interesting. If I tripped over that website on my own, I wouldn't have
> the impression that it was worth my while to deal with them. Literally
> everything brings up a page stating "...Coming Soon".
I know. The guy who built that site graduated and moved on 10 or 11
years ago, and I'm not sure it's been maintained since.
I forgot to mention their eBay store: mchowardelectronics
That's a much better example of their wares.
Doc
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